Unified splash screens?

[Binky]

Its been bothering me that there are so many different splash screens on the pandora:


pre-boot (bootloader?)


boot


login


xfce


minimenu


pndmanager (none)


Since this is a way to improve the pandora user experience I can actualy help with, I though I might be worth starting this thread


Does anyone understand where/how the currently used splashes are stored?


The below are based on traylorpark's designs

 

[milkshake]

nice

 

[Binky]

Could the line under the progress bar also act as a line to type your username/password on?

 

[Farox]

Very nice work Binky

 

[slaeshjag]

I made an attempt with the dark theme for a login manager. The text is a bit dark imo, you don't notice it straight away.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

No white backgrounds, plz, my eyes are tearing :^).

 

[slaeshjag]

I took the liberty to play with the colors for the text on the bottom bar.


http://f.rdw.se/pnd-new.tar.bz2


Extract the tarball and copy the directory to /usr/share/slim/themes


Then, edit /etc/slim.conf, change the theme from pnd-default to pnd-new.

 

[milkshake]

can this be packeged into a PND as in installer/uninstaller? should only require a bashscript and the files in the PND

 

[slaeshjag]

Probably.


Here's a screenshot:

 

[Binky]

Likes


Anyone know how xfce splashes work?


I'll see if it needs any tweaking to become a wallpaper...

 

[Linux-SWAT]

This is what to do with the Xfce splash screen:


Disable it because it's useless ^^.

 

[slaeshjag]

It actually looks very good if the splash screen is disabled

 

[Binky]

^ true


I've darkened the background so that you can see icons on top of it (will upload shortly edit: done)


It seems to provide a nice transition from the login screen


bootsplash anyone?

 

[fusion_power]

I guess the many Splash Screens are for entertainment because it takes sooo long to boot, so at least there is something happening on screen. On single, static splash may be to boring to survive the long boot time. I usualy shut down the Pandora completely because I don't use it every day.


But the splash screens here are looking nice, I like the clean design.

 

[Binky]

On my pandora at 700MHz (booting from built-in nand) it takes 5 seconds to start doing anything visible


This doesn't seem too long, but for this and (especially the bootsplash) it would be neat if it could show a progress bar (as in the original post) and even tell you what is happening.


during boot, perhaps just read the last (white on black text) boot message


Could anything similar be done for xfce?


Who created the current bootsplash?


It must be possible to find the files by poking around enough, though...

 

[cooldude2k]

Could anything similar be done for xfce?

Extract to /usr/share/themes


Then go to pandora menu => settings menu => desktop menu => session and startup.


Click splash tab and change to balou.


Click configure change to OpenPandora.

openpandora.tar.gz

 

[slaeshjag]

MAybe add some text to the bottom bar, like "Starting XFCE..."?


EDIT: And possibly remove the bar completely from the desktop background image?

 

[Binky]

Will do.

 

[traylorpark]

Ooh, this topic gets my stamp of approval!


Actually, this kind of attention to detail in the user experience is really important. I'm glad to see you, Binky, taking a look into it.


I could give you my source PSD's if your interested. Even for the other designs as well.


And, do you have any control over the font and color at the bottom of the screen?

 

[quartercast]

Great work! Just out of interest, how to disable splashscreens?


I much prefer wallpapers